Movie Review: Gangs of Lagos
June 3, 2024 .
Crime, gangsoflagos, Nollywood
Welcome to the gritty streets of Isale Eko, Lagos, where life is rough, and the only role models are thugs with their ill-gotten w...
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November 12, 2023 .
africanliterature
In these tales, women are portrayed as clever and tricky individuals, while men’s descent into madness is often a response t...
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January 1, 2023 .
butterhoneypigbread, queer
I have never read anything as honest and raw as this book. The emotions carried in this book are so real that readers can literall...
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March 20, 2023 .
africanliterature, rootless
It also brings to light people’s arguments for people who do not want kids. The overwhelming opinion in society is that such...
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October 23, 2023 .
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The element of the family plays a significant role in shaping the experiences and growth of the main character, Kuki.
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February 26, 2022 .
ifa
Asides from a few attempts by people like Fagunwa, Ben Okri, Amos Tutuola, and a few others, there is a dearth of information on N...
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February 27, 2022 .
abrokenpeoplesplaylist, chimekagarricks
The first thing that caught my attention was the author’s writing. I love his writing! He writes in a way that bonds with th...
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June 3, 2024 .
Crime, gangsoflagos, Nollywood
Welcome to the gritty streets of Isale Eko, Lagos, where life is rough, and the only role models are thugs with their ill-gotten w...
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July 12, 2022 .
Glamour Girls, movie, Netflix, Nollywood
This movie lacked depth. I doubt if the makers took time to even read through the storyline, because there was none whatsoever. ...
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March 2, 2022 .
king of boys, KOB, movies, naija, nigerian movies, Nollywood, sequel
Nevertheless, we know is that this sequel is a win for Nollywood. And when someone asks you if anything good has ever come out fro...
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January 15, 2022 .
Chiefdaddy2, going for broken, movies, naija, Nollywood
The only this this movie has going for it is the cast. The makers of this movie assembled Nollywood’s finest but sadly, even Nolly...
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Read essays, deep critiques, and analyses of African art, dynamics, ideology, and philosophy.
July 23, 2026 .
African Literature
Akwaeke Emezi zeichnet sich besonders dadurch aus, vielschichtige und moralisch komplexe Figuren zu erschaffen, und Little Rot bil...
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July 22, 2026 .
African Literature
When confronted with evil, some individuals will go to any length to protect themselves and their loved ones by blurring the lines...
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June 23, 2026 .
African Literature, Reviews
The title itself is a plea, a lamentation, a bucket of memories tired of the cycle. A question. An anger. An act of giving up and ...
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June 4, 2026 .
African Literature, Book review
The Parlour Wife is short and you could finish it in an afternoon. The writing is also easy to read and unpretentious.
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May 26, 2026 .
African Literature, Book review, Family Trauma
Plot-wise, it was well thought out. No unnecessary gaps, the central theme was clear from the jump. Oyinkan builds tension steadil...
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May 21, 2026 .
African Literature, Book review
For a collection of short stories, Niq Mhlongo manages to give his characters depth in a few pages/sentences.
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May 22, 2026 .
African Literature, Excerpt
Itohan had travelled to Juk to retrieve Ebuka’s badly mangled body and returned it to his old parents in their village in Imo Stat...
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November 19, 2025 .
African Literature, Excerpt
A Meal Is a Meal is a journey into the surprising and the bizarre, as well as the tantalising and the delicious.
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November 10, 2025 .
Excerpt
In fact, on the morning of my birthday, just after we had broken up, I had spent time in the hotel begging someone else to love me...
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November 7, 2025 .
Anthology, Excerpt, Narrative Landscape
But he walked out the door and said he would go, by foot, if necessary, to Afghanistan, to kill the infidels who were bombing Musl...
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November 5, 2025 .
African Literature, Excerpt
Those hours waiting for her mother to return were spent in a state of inertia; she wouldn’t have been able to say what she had don...
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November 3, 2025 .
African Literature, Excerpt, Middle Grade
By the time you get this, I will be far away. It is cowardly, I know, but I cannot see your faces and walk away. Please forgive me...
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